Arthrobacter
Arthrobacter chlorophenolicus
Arthrobacter is a genus of living in the soil aerobic bacteria with high GC content, which have a pronounced resistance to dehydration and lack of food. They have the ability, phenols, herbicides, and other organic compounds ( such as nicotine or caffeine ) to reduce, and therefore, play an essential role in the detoxification of soils.
They are gram- positive and are characterized by a complex life cycle in which they evolve from a Kokkenform to chopsticks.
System
To the genus Arthrobacter, more than 70 types are provided. A few examples:
- Arthrobacter agilis ( Ali -Cohen 1889), Koch et al. 1995
- Arthrobacter albus Wauters et al. 2000
- Arthrobacter antarcticus Pindi et al. 2010
- Arthrobacter aurescens Phillips 1953
- Arthrobacter flavus Reddy et al. 2000
- Arthrobacter histidinolovorans Adams 1954
- Arthrobacter nico tino vorans Kodama et al. 1992
- Arthrobacter phenanthrenivorans Kallimanis et al. 2009
- Arthrobacter ramosus Jensen 1960
- Arthrobacter subterraneus Chang et al. 2008
- Arthrobacter viscosus Gasdorf et al. 1965